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Rated: E · Crossword Puzzle · Sports · #1248702
Baseball is full of strategy, and you will have to use strategy complete this puzzle.
In 1866, Charles A. Peverelly wrote, "The game of base ball has now become beyond question the leading feature of the outdoor sports of the United States ... It is a game which is peculiarly suited to the American temperament and disposition; ... in short, the pastime suits the people, and the people suit the pastime."

Baseball is a sport played between two teams usually of nine players each. It is a bat-and-ball game in which a pitcher throws (pitches) a hard, fist-sized, leather-covered ball toward a batter on the opposing team. The batter attempts to hit the baseball with a tapered cylindrical bat, made of wood (as required in professional baseball) or a variety of other materials (as allowed in many nonprofessional games). A team scores runs only when batting, by advancing its players—primarily via hits—counterclockwise past a series of four markers called bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or "diamond." The game, played without time restriction, is structured around nine segments called innings. In each inning, both teams are given the opportunity to bat and score runs; a team's half-inning ends when three outs are recorded against that team.
Across:
 1 The pitcher throws this to the catcher. What is it?
 2 You have to run and touch four of these to score a run.
 5 The person in the center of the outfield is called what?
 7 What must a batter have on his head while batting?
 9 A player catches the baseball in what?
Down:
 1 Who pitches the ball to the catcher?
 2 The shortstop throws this to the first baseman. What is it?
 3 Baseball players play on a field the shape of a _________.
 4 How many outs in an inning?
 5 Who catches the ball that is pitched by the pitcher?
 6 How many players are there usually on the field?
 8 Baseball players are part of a _____, which consists of major and minor.
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